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On foot, in the car, by bike or on horseback: Space Coast Lightfest, officially turns on this weekend, and you're invited to take in the lights fantastic.

Bob Opsahl of WFTV Channel 9 will host the grand lighting ceremony Monday night at Wickham Park. He'll flip the switch during a live broadcast, according to Shanna Richardson, senior executive for Central Florida Council Boy Scouts of America.

"We had 30,000 people and over 9,000 cars attend last year," she said. ...